Manufacture of garments.



L. & W. LEVY.

MANUFACTURE OF GARMENT-S.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZO. I9l3.

1,161,702, Patel lted Nov. 23, 1915.

[1 4 VI/I'" Arrow/Era saaa LAZARUS LEVY AND WILLIAM LEVY, or NEW YORK,N. Y.

MANUFACTURE OF GARMENTS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed June 20, 1913. Seria1No. 774,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LAZARUS LEVY and WILLIAM LEVY, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of New York city, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin the Manufacture of Garments, of which the following isa'specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of garments, particularly tothe mode of attachment of the waist band lining of trousers.

In the manufacture of trousers as hitherto carried on, the stifl'eninginterlining band was first sewed onto the waist band and then the waistband lining and curtain had to be sewed by-hand with an invisible, blindstitch over the stiffening at the interior of the waist band. The waistband was then stitched, the curtain tacked down, and the waist band wasconsidered finished. This method has the disadvantage of requiringconsiderable hand work, as the average waist measurement is fromthirty-two to forty inches or more, and thus a long stretch of handstitching is necessary. I-Iand work is expensive and in many casesunsatisfactory and with the rigid enforcement of laws against home workin crowded districts, it will in time become almost impossible to employwith any degree of economy. Moreover, the garment produced by hand workas above indicated, is not entirely satisfactory for the reason that thewaist band lining is attached to the stifi'ening at the upper edge only,the support for the lower edge dependlng merely upon the tacking down ofthe curtain. As a result of this, very often the waist band lining worksup over the edge of the waist band and becomes visible, thus marl-ing toa considerable degree the appearance of the garment. To overcome thesedifliculties, we have devised a method of attaching the waist bandlining and stifi'ening whereby all hand.

work is eliminated with the exception of the slight amount of hand workinvolved intacking down the curtain. The appearance of the finishedgarment, however, is exactly identical with the hand made 'arment, as nostitches whatever are visible. Moreover, the waist band lining, insteadof bein fastened at one edgeonly, as in the previous practice, isfastened at both edges of the waist band of the trousers.

and thus cannot work up above the margin of the waist band.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the upper portion of a finished pair of trousersshowing the waist band lining and the curtain attached to the interiorof the waist band. Figs. 2 to 7 are fragmental perspective viewsillustrating various steps in the process of attaching thewaist bandhning, stiffening and curtain to the interior Fig. 8 1s a fragmentalperspective view similar to Figs. 2 to 7, illustrating a modification.

In the usual design of trousers, the waist band 10 may be madeseparately or in one piece with the rest of the garment and at theinterior of the waist band are attached the waist band lining 11 and thecurtain 12. In my improved process, the waist band linlng and curtainare first sewed together (Fig. 2) and then both are sewed to theinterlining stifl'ening 13 (Fig. 3). The waist band lining 11.may thenbe turned up and together with the interlining stiffening 13 be sewed tothe exterior of the waist band with the stifiening on the outside (Fig;4). Then the waist band lining, stiffening and curtain are turned over(Fig. 5) and basted together at the upper margin with basting 14 and thelower edge of the stifiening may also, if desired, be basted to the bodyof the garment by basting 15. Then the curtain is turned up (Fig. 6) andthe waist band stitched, thereby securing the lower edge of thestifi'ening to the waist band. The curtain -n1ay thereupon be turneddown and tacked down by hand (Fig. 7) and the operation is complete.Instead of sewing the waist band lining and curtain together beforesewing the two to the stiffening interlining, the three may be sewedtogether as the first step in the operation, (Fig. 8). If desired, thelower edge of the interlining stiffening may be stitched as indicated at16. This prevents the stiffening from unraveling and is a step which maybe readily accomplished bymachine. seenthat all of the steps in ourimproved method may be carried out by machine work with the exception ofthe simple and easy step of tacking down the curtain which is done tocomplete the waist band. The stitches are all invisible and the finishedgarment appears equal, if not superior, to

It will thus be a garment finished by the best hand work. Moreover, thegarment itself is actually improved for the reason that the waist bandlining is sewed to the stiffening at its lower edge, and thus renders itpractically impos-;

sible for the waist'hand' lining to work up and out over the waist bandto mar the appearance of the garmentas Worn.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure byTLetters Patent is 1. The method 0t finishin the waist band oftrousers consisting in 'rst sewing the waist band lining and curtainadjacent to one edge of the interlining stifiening, turning upthe freeedge of the waist band lining, and sewing the same together with thefree edge of the stiffening to the exterior of the waist band at theupper edge thereof, turning the three members thus sewed on over to theinterior of the waist band and then stitching 011? the waist band andthereby securing the lower edge of the stifiening.

2. The method of finishing the waist band of trousers consisting insewing the waist band lining and curtain to one edge of the interliningstifiening, sewing the free edgeof the waist band lining and the freeedge of the interlining stifiening to the upper edge of the waist band,and then sewing the lower edge of the interlining stifi'ening to theWaist band.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 18th day of June A. D. 1913.

v LAZARUS LEVY. WILLIAM LEVY. Witnesses:

SYLVESTER ASHHEIM, HANNAH ARoNsoN.

